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III. Usage 1) But often it is not until we fall ill that we finally learn to appreciate good health. 2) A rich old lady lay dead at home for two weeks—and nobody knew anything about it. 3) It's said he dropped dead from a heart attack when he was at work 1) Don't sit too close to the fire to keep warm—you could easily get burned, especially if you fall asleep. 4) In those days people believed in marrying young and having children early. 5) Little Tom was unable to sit still for longer than a few minutes. ■ Structure
1. 1) To his great delight, Dr. Deng discovered two genes in wild rice that can increase the yield by
30 percent.
2) To her great relief, her daughter had left the building before it collapsed. 3) To our disappointment, our women's team lost out to the North Koreans.
4) We think, much to our regret, that we will not be able to visit you during the coming Christ-mas.
2. 1) These birds nest in the vast swamps (which lie to the) east of the Nile. 2) By 1948, the People's Liberation Army had gained control of the vast areas north of the Yangtze River. 3) Michelle was born in a small village in the north of France, but came to live in the United States at the age of four.
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4) The Columbia River rises in western Canada and continues/runs through the United States for about 1,900 kilometers west of the Rocky Mountains. Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (A)
1. invasion 3. Conquest 5. launching 7. campaign 9. reckon with
11. bringing...to a halt
2. stand in the way
4. catching... off his guard 6. declaration 8. drag on 10. die from
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(B) 1. In 3. the 5. it
7. of/about 9. to 11. to 13. buried 15. than 17. from 19. down
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8. oacross 10. lost 12. with 14. in
16. between 18. to
II. Translation The offensive had already lasted three days, but we had not gained much ground. Our troops engaging the enemy at the front were faced with strong/fierce/stiff resistance. The divi-sion commander instructed our battalion to get around to the rear of the enemy and launch a surprise attack. To do so, however, we had to cross a marshland and many of us were afraid we might get bogged down in the mud. Our battalion commander decided to take a gamble. We started under cover of darkness and pressed on in spite of great difficulties. By a stroke of luck, the temperature at night suddenly dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius and the marsh froze over. Thanks to the cold weather, we arrived at our destination before dawn and began attacking the enemy from the rear. This turned the tide of the battle. The enemy, caught off guard, soon surrendered. Part III TextB
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Language Practice
1. boast
3. was concerned 5. paid off 7. are contesting 9. holdout
11. responsible for 13. favorable 15. on the eve of 17. complications 19. withstand
2. obstacles 4. call ...off
6. was pinned down 8. prior to 10. objective 12. in case 14. due to 16. cancel 18. stiff 20. absent
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Part IV Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks
Writing Strategy
Tick which of the following is more convincing:
______________ It was reported that General Eisenhower, though indecisive sometimes, had no
hesitation in ordering the assault on Normandy.
______ √_____ Eisenhower's chief of staff, Brigadier General Water Bedell Smith, later wrote:
\and the tension was gone from his face. He said briskly, 'well, we'll go.\ Model Paper
Can Man Triumph over Nature?
When people talk of man triumphing over nature, many things come to mind. One thinks of successes in medicine in the fight against disease, such as the invention of antibiotics and the promise held out by advances in biogenetic engineering. On a broader scale, one thinks of man's success in harnessing new forms of energy from steam power through oil to nuclear power.
Yet, nature has often hit back in unexpected ways to these attempts to tame it. New forms of
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disease that are resistant to antibiotics are constantly developing. Burning fossil fuels has led to fears of global warming; while nuclear power has produced dangerous waste that will remain a hazard for generations to come.
However, perhaps to talk of man triumphing over nature is the wrong way to look at the matter. We need to find ways to work with nature rather than forever fighting against it.
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Script for the recording:
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Part I Pre-Reading Task
What will the world be like in five hundred years' time? A thousand years' time? Or more? Some people are optimistic, looking forward to a better world. Others are pessimistic, and fear that things can only get worse. The writer of the song you are about to listen to takes the pessimistic view. Looking further and further into the future things seem to him to get worse and worse. By 3535, he foresees all our thoughts and feelings will be shaped by drugs. Looking further still into the future he foretells that our bodies will waste away as machines do everything for us. Family life as we know it will fade away as children are bred artificially, chosen, in the words of the song, \to taking care of the planet and avoiding using up all its resources, he ends by wondering whether man will still be around in the future. It's enough, as he says, to make even God shake his head.
Here is the song:
In the Year 2525
Zager & Evans
In the year 2525 If man is still alive If
woman
can
survive
They may find
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In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need* to tell the truth, tell no lies Everything you think, do, or say Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes You won't rind a thing to do Nobody's gonna look at you In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides Your legs not nothing to do Some machine is doing that for you
In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife You'll pick your son, pick your daughter .too From the
bottom
of
a
long
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In the year, 7510
. If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then Maybe he'll look around himself and say Guess it's time for the Judgment Day1 .
In the year 8510
God's gonna shake his mighty head .
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been Or tear it
down and start again In the year 9595
I'm kinda wondering if man's gonna be alive He's taken everything this old earth can give And he ain't put back nothing
1 the Judgment Day: the end of the world, the time of God's final judgment of all people
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